东

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 这是什么东西？

  Zhè shì shén me dōng xi

  What the hell is this?

  Listen Shadow

• 有人在吃东西。

  Yǒu rén zài chī dōng xi

  Somebody is eating.

  Listen Shadow

• 你会东山再起的。

  Nǐ huì dōng shān zài qǐ de

  You'll bounce back.

  Listen Shadow

• 我正在吃东西。

  Wǒ zhèng zài chī dōng xi

  I'm eating.

  Listen Shadow

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 东

• 东西dōng xi 1–5thing; stuff; person
• 东dōng 1east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 东边dōng bian 1–5east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
• 东方dōng fāng 1–1 east
• 东北dōng běi 1–3 northeast
• 东南dōng nán 1–2 southeast
• 东部dōng bù 1–4 the east; eastern part
• 房东fáng dōng 2–1 landlord
• 股东gǔ dōng 3–1 shareholder; stockholder
• 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàng 1–1–1–4to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
• 东道主dōng dào zhǔ 1–4–3host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
• 做东zuò dōng 4–1 to act as host